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Everything posted by sk7326

  1. sk7326
    i wouldn't sweat too much - today was a rotten run scoring day.
  2. sk7326
    Winning is good. It's easier for any workplace to get along when success is there too.
  3. sk7326
    It has been good. Smoltz noted on the national telecast that given the shorter hooks pitchers are getting generally, the marginal utility of waiting out starters might not be as high. Moreover - the key is that patience is important, but you still have to recognize when your pitch comes. Approach is one of the sloppier technical terms that gets thrown out - because it is more than simply "patience".
  4. sk7326
    Yes. Bradley has a lot of Mike Napoli (stylewise, not the raw power clearly) in him as a hitter. The production is streaky. He does not make a lot of contact, but his approach gets him on base enough that the dry spells are not dehabilitating. And when he hits it, it's usually with some authority. It makes him both effective over the long run and extremely maddening on a day to day basis.
  5. sk7326
    And you can also argue the Red Sox should have lost 2 of the 3 games this past weekend. Both teams have reasons to be happy. What matters now is how the team (and individual players) are performing. The record is not important. (within reason)
  6. sk7326
    Kimbrel - given his position - is one of those guys who is worth paying more over a shorter period of time. If he asks for any more than 3 years - it is very very hard to justify keeping him.
  7. sk7326
    It's. Nine. Games.
  8. sk7326
    He's basically a poor man's Tony Phillips. He can play a lot of positions badly (bad for someone who is playable at the position).
  9. sk7326
    Devers upside is well worth keeping him at 3B ... 1B? The differences defensively are very small. Metrics are pretty useless there.
  10. sk7326
    I think they dismissed it out of hand for that reason - which may or may not have been a mistake.
  11. sk7326
    I'm not really sure Moustakas is actually that good ...
  12. sk7326
    The Sox, like a lot of teams - probably did not expect the market for guys like Moose to run dry as much as it did. It also hurt Moustakas that he frankly has not actually been that good - last year is what the bet is, and defensively he is more "okay" than Machado-like at 3B. Given that he was there effectively as insurance, $6.5M for Moreland is fine. The team should keep him away from LHPs, but it is a good problem to have.
  13. sk7326
    Last year's production ... below average with a decent OBP considering (.323) with his glove is a 2 win player ... which is a decent starter. I am frustrated too, and given his age and the in-house alternatives, he is the most expendable of the kiddos. But - he has shown this will get better.
  14. sk7326
    Team is off to a slow start on that side of the field. But then the team led the world in DRS last year - so there is some evidence that this will get better. Of course replacing Pedroia with Nunez hurts a lot. Martinez is a terrible LF too - although Fenway seems to have a way of making good LF metric seasons very difficult.
  15. sk7326
    That's frankly not enough ABs for Ramirez (or for that matter Moreland).
  16. sk7326
    Cora is balancing the analytic and human priorities here, especially with the OF rotation. Yes, playing JD in left is suboptimal. But then between the OF and DH there are 5 good players for 4 positions. It's the same with the bullpen - putting guys in spots, see what he has. Obviously the first 50-60 games of the season are not spring training - but you want to learn about your team, and if there are some losses as a result, you kind of grin and bear it.
  17. sk7326
    1. As far as how to keep pitchers healthy - we are all guessing to a degree. (Jeff Passan's The Arm covers this well) Skipping starts vs extra days ... it's hard to say. Now, giving 5 days between starts does seem to help. 2. If you look at what Cora is doing, and what is going on league-wide ... it's going to be a combination of managing pitch counts AND batters faced. If a starter can get through the lineup twice, then you're on schedule. Price and Sale (and Porcello to a degree) have a bit more leeway to dabble into the 3rd trip through the order.
  18. sk7326
    Bradley is in a slump - obviously. Ultimately he should be able to get on base enough to play - just have to ride the current stretch out.
  19. sk7326
    The starting pitcher market is garbage mostly - Cole Hamels and he costs too much. Otherwise, there is not much which is much of an improvement over what just waiting out ERod or Johnson could do.
  20. sk7326
    i think it is more the 5 players for 4 positions thing - Bradley-Betts-Benintendi-Martinez-Ramirez for the OF and DH spots. Given the challenge is finding room for quality bats - it's probably in the area of "good problem". The tricky thing is - since sitting Moreland against lefties does not really give Ramirez enough ABs, how do you keep his bat in the lineup sufficiently.
  21. sk7326
    The NL road games were always naturals to sit OFs.
  22. sk7326
    Wright can help over the season - provide a lot of bulk and is probably good for a hot streak. Obviously, like Wakefield, hard to trust him at all in any sort of tight spot ... nature of the beast.
  23. sk7326
    And they could easily be 5-0 barring one catastrophic inning. What is interesting is that Cora clearly managing to lineup turnover. It's not as simple as "18 batter limit", but once you get to the 3rd time through - there is going to be an exit plan. There is some finesse there - Sale and Price will get a bit more rope than Velasquez - but I expect that pattern to largely hold. It has been a league-wide thing too, at least from the first weekend of results.
  24. sk7326
    Farnsworth had some movement - after all Tampa (ever the miracle workers with other team's garbage) got a terrific season out of him. Kelly is better as a reliever than a starter clearly - but you'd like your relievers to have at least one wipeout pitch.
  25. sk7326
    100 mph without movement suddenly becomes a LOT less special.
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